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Taxonomy
Family:
ANGARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Angariidae (Family)
> Angaria (Genus)
> delphinus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Angaria distorta (Linnaeus, 1758)
=Angarina delphinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Images: Angaria delphinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
25-30 metres, Kermadec Islands, NZ. © rights reserved
25-30 metres, Kermadec Islands, NZ. © rights reserved
25-30 metres, Kermadec Islands, NZ. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
ANGARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Angariidae (Family)
> Angaria (Genus)
> delphinus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Angaria distorta (Linnaeus, 1758)
=Angarina delphinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Details: Angaria delphinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Distribution:
Indo-Pacific. Kermadec Islands, low water to 45 metres on algal-covered rocks
Notes:
Marine
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References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.215)

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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